It Is No Longer About Living On the Wrong Side of the (Railroad) Tracks, Now the Threat is About Living Anywhere Near the Tracks
This morning there was another train derailment, this time in Raymond, Minnesota. People were again evacuated, although here the concern centered on ethanol carried in four cars, resulting fires and potential exposures. From a toxicological point of view, ethanol toxicity is a real concern. There are a number of potential health concerns, ranging from eye, […]
More Corn Ethanol, Less Water for Wildlife
It may be hard to imagine water scarcity, given that large swaths of the Midwest are still drying out after historic and catastrophic flooding, but recently released research points to a different menace in the cycles of Western Water woes: corn ethanol. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison teamed up with colleagues from Kansas State […]
NWF: Ethanol Gambit ‘Simply Not Legal’
EPA move—not allowed under Clean Air Act—would exacerbate habitat destruction, water pollution, air pollution, and climate change. Washington, D.C. —The Trump Administration announced today that it plans to expand the sale of gasoline with higher ethanol content year-round—a move that is not legally allowed under the Clean Air Act and a policy change that would […]
The National Wildlife Federation Action Fund & Green Drinks NYC Mixer
Although food-based fuels were intended to protect our environment, over-farming of corn and soy for ethanol and biodiesel have damaged our air, water and land, and threaten wildlife. Sustainable alternatives have the potential to protect the remaining native prairie habitats that monarch butterflies, bees and other wildlife depend on! Join other sustainability advocates to learn […]
NWF to Host Media Briefing on EPA Report Detailing Environmental Impacts of Biofuels Mandate
Phone Briefing for Journalists Wednesday, August 1, 2018, 1-2 P.M. To RSVP and receive toll-free number and code, contact Jordan Lubetkin, National Wildlife Federation, lubetkin@nwf.org, (734) 887-7109 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently released a sweeping assessment detailing the environmental consequences of the nation’s biofuels policy under the Renewable Fuel Standard. Impacts include destroyed habitat, […]
PRESS RELEASE: NWF to EPA: Fix Renewable Fuel Standard, Reverse Years of Damage to Water, Wildlife Habitat, Climate
Ann Arbor, MI — At a hearing today in Michigan, the National Wildlife Federation urged the U.S. EPA to make urgent reforms to the federal Renewable Fuel Standard to reverse years of damage to the nation’s waters, wildlife habitat, and climate, stemming from the mandate to blend corn- and soy-based fuels into the nation’s gasoline […]
PRESS RELEASE: EPA Report: Biofuels Policy Harming Environment
Long-overdue report confirms impacts to wildlife habitat, soil and water quality –lending urgency to efforts to reform the Renewable Fuel Standard WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 3, 2018) – A major report from the U.S. EPA confirms that the nation’s biofuels mandate has contributed to negative environmental impacts, including loss of wildlife habitat, increased water pollution, decreased […]
PRESS RELEASE: NWF Urges Congress to Address Administration’s Failure to Fix Flawed Ethanol Mandate
EPA’s continued embrace of disastrous status quo will only further harm wildlife habitat, drinking water supplies, climate. WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 26, 2018)—The National Wildlife Federation urged Congress to intervene after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to increase blending levels under the Renewable Fuel Standard that will further harm wildlife habitat, drinking water supplies, […]
PRESS RELEASE: NWF to Congress: Biofuels Policy Neglecting Sustainable Fuels
At U.S. House hearing, National Wildlife Federation CEO Collin O’Mara urges Congress to reform Renewable Fuel Standard, accelerate adoption of cleaner fuels to stop damage to wildlife habitat, drinking water, climate. WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 22, 2018)—National Wildlife Federation President and CEO Collin O’Mara testified today before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Environment Subcommittee on […]
PRESS RELEASE: NWF on EPA’s Proposed Clean Air Waiver for Higher Ethanol Gasoline: Don’t Put Politics ahead of Public Health
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Previewing the upcoming hurdles the Trump Administration will face if it decides to go through with pursuing an exemption from clean air protections for higher blends of ethanol in gasoline, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall and U.S. Rep. Peter Welch today sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to point out his agency’s […]
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